Battle!
Chapter 4 - Truce
Mikan entered a very large room with glass windows making the room lighten up with sunshine. The room is filled with paintings and masterpieces made of glass that twisted and turned revealing a blend of what seemed like a magical color. Soft, big, black sofas can be seen. Her gaze looked upon the children that gathered and sat on the carpeted floor. They looked like they were protecting each other. She saw their eyes. Eyes that showed nothing.
Natsume stood behind Mikan together with Narumi. Aoi is still sleeping in her room so he did not bother waking her up.
Mikan sat down on a sofa. She smiled. "My name is Mikan Sakura. I'm 6 years old. The two over there is Natsume Hyuuga, 6 years old and Narumi Anjo, 20 years old. There is also one more, though I think that she is still asleep. Her name is Aoi Hyuuga, 4 years old. She is the little sister of Natsume. And you all are?"
The children were silent until a girl with raven hair and amethyst eyes spoke. "I am Experiment #0136, 6 years old."
Mikan, Natsume and Narumi looked confused.
"What are your real names?" she asked.
"We don't remember." The same amethyst eyed girl answered.
Mikan closed her eyes. When she opened them, it was full of warmth. "When you gave your statement to the police, you haven't really told them everything right? Will you tell me?"
"Why should we?" a blond haired boy with sapphire eyes asked.
Natsume got irritated. "You!"
"Natsume! Calm down!" Mikan stopped him. "Leave us."
"But"
"Leave" she ordered. "You too, Narumi."
Narumi bowed down. "As you wish, milady."
Natsume shrugged and the two of them went out of the room.
When the door closed, she looked at the children again. "I've decided to adopt you."
The children seemed shocked.
She smiled. "You don't need to tell me anything. It's alright. But I must give you names, ne?" She thought of their names. "Hmmm……ah!" She looked at the amethyst eyed girl. "You'll be Hotaru, then you're Ruka, you're Sumire, Yuu, Nonoko, Anna, Mochiage, Kokoroyomi, Kitsuneme, Nobara and Youichi."
The children were too surprised to talk.
She chuckled. She looked at her watch. 12:30 p.m. "I'm starving, want to eat?"
Suddenly, she saw Anna, Nonoko, Sumire and Nobara cry.
She smiled gently. "For what reason do you cry?"
They continued to sob.
She sat beside them and wiped their tears with her handkerchief. She realized that the others were crying silently. "Why? Can you not tell me?"
"We'll tell you." Hotaru said calmly, though her tears never ceased to stop.
Mikan nodded signaling her to continue.
"We only remember bits of our past." Hotaru started as she wiped her tears away. "We all came from a poor family."
"We remember each other so we thought that our parents were friends." Ruka added.
"We all remember that we were smiling and laughing together until one day." Kokoroyomi continued.
"We were crying, reaching out for our parents. We did not understand what was happening. Youichi was still an infant. We think it happened 2 or 3 years ago. We saw our parents receiving so many cash. When we called out for them…they…just shrugged and walked away. Then…..then….." Sumire trembled and her tears fell again.
"We were experimented. It was very painful. They were injecting stuff to us. Tubes were attached to our body. Some of us died. Only we succeeded to finish all the experiments." Hotaru ended, though her voice was cold and firm, tears flooded her eyes and fell making a way on her face.
Mikan's heart ached. She hugged them. "Don't worry. They don't deserve your tears. Today, you are born once again. Do not forget, your pain will make you stronger."
The children cried, sobbed, wailed.
"That's right. Cry your hearts out until your tears dry and you'll be able to stand. Cry until you can look back to your past without hurting. I'll be here. We will be here for each other. We'll be family." She said soothing the grieving children.
They cried and cried for hours until there were no more tears to produce. Anyone would be able to tell that they cried so much.
Mikan continued to comfort them. When she realized that all of them had stopped crying, she smiled gently. "I'm starving. Want to eat?"
They nodded.
As they went to the dining room, they saw Natsume, Narumi and Aoi sitting on the living room. Narumi smiled at them, Natsume shrugged and Aoi stared at them.
Mikan smiled at the three.
"Mikan-sama, what did you do to them?" Narumi asked, noticing the puffy red eyes of the others.
She shrugged. "Nothing. I'm starving!"
Aoi giggled. "Nee-chan!" She shouted as she threw herself to Mikan.
Luckily, Mikan caught her. She sighed. "Please don't do that Aoi, you'll give us a heart attack. Anyway, we've got new members of the family." Mikan introduced all of them, one by one. "Now, that the introductions are finished, let's eat. I wasn't joking when I said that I'm starving. Let's go."
The others followed her. They ate happily.
Everyone was happy. The children were glad that they've finally seen their sanctuary. They only hope that the nightmares and scars never open again.
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Author's Note: Hello! I know that this chapter is so short and so boring! I'm guessing that you're wondering why the Ouran High School Host Club members are not showing up yet but don't worry. You'll see them in the future chapters. These first four chapters are actually a story of Mikan and the others' childhood. The next ones, they will be in their teens!
I'm so lazy! I probably won't update anytime soon. I've got no motivation and the teachers are killing me! Sorry! Please don't get angry! Also, exams are coming so I really can't update! I'm really sorry but check out some of the stories in my favorites! They're really good! I apologize again!
